The Staatsoper Hannover has announced its 2024-25 season.

Premieres

Philip Glass’s “Satyagraha” will be conducted by Masaru Kumakura and directed by Daniel Kramer. The production will star Shanul Sharma, Meredith Wohlgemuth, Ketevan Chuntishvili, Beatriz Miranda, Lluís Calvet i Pey, Markus Suihkonen, Ruzana Grigorian, Darwin Prakash, and Markus Suihkonen.

Performance Dates: Sept. 6-Oct. 31, 2024

Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci” will receive a new production by Dirk Schmeding. Viktor Antipenko leads the production with Barno Ismatullaeva, Ani Yorentz, Daniel Scofield, Darwin Prakash, and Lluís Calvet i Pey. Masaru Kumakura conducts.

Performance Dates: Oct. 25, 2024-Jan. 19, 2025

“Chicago” will be conducted by Piotr Jaworski and directed by Felix Seiler. The cast will include Jeannine Michèle Wacker, Karin Seyfried, Fabio Diso, Patricia Hodell, Philipp Kapeller, and Richard Patrocinio.

Performance Dates: Dec. 6, 2024-June 20, 2025

Michael Wertmüller’s “Israel in Munchen” will be conducted by Titus Engel and directed by Lydia Steier. Daniel Eggert, Ketevan Chuntishvili, Ruzana Grigorian, Philipp Kapeller, Beatriz Miranda, Freya Müller, Darwin Prakash, Luvuyo Mbundu, Yannick Spanier, and Fabio Dorizzi star.

Performance Dates: Jan. 25-Feb. 27, 2025

“Das Kind der Seehundfrau” will be conducted by Max Bilbe and directed by Valérie Junker.

Performance Dates: Feb. 20-May 28, 2025

Martinů’s “The Greek Passion” will be conducted by Stephan Zilias and directed by Barbora Horáková Joly. Shavleg Armasi, Daniel Eggert, Frank Schneiders, John Pickering, August Zirner, Darwin Prakash, Christopher Sokolowski, Marco Lee, Pawel Brozek, Fabio Dorizzi, Peter O’Reilly, Philipp Kapeller, Ketevan Chuntishvili, and Luisa Mordel star.

Performance Dates: April 11-May 11, 2025

Kiandra Howarth, Martin Summer, Anne Marie Stanley, Frank Schneiders, and Meredith Wohlgemuth star in Strauss’ “Der Rosenkavalier.” Christian Stückl directs a new production while Stephan Zilias conducts.

Performance Dates: May 17-June 8, 2025

Barno Ismatullaeva, Ani Yorentz, Monika Walerowicz, José Simerilla Romero, and Shavleg Armasi star in Verdi’s “Requiem.”

Performance Dates: Sept. 14-Oct. 6, 2024

Jacquelyn Wagner stars in Strauss’ “Salome” with Kostas Smoriginas, Marco Lee, Robert Künzli, and Monika Walerowicz. Stephan Zilias and Leo Hussain conduct. 

Performance Dates: Oct. 5-30, 2024

Sofia Pavone, Mengqi Zhang, Paul Hentze, Mirjam Münzel, Friederike Merkel, Duane Thomas Fields, and Bernhard Reichel star in the children’s opera “Wanda Walfisch.” Max Bilbe conducts.

Performance Dates: Nov. 7-20, 2024

Britten’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” will star Nils Wanderer, Meredith Wohlgemuth, Jami Reid-Quarrell, Daniel Eggert, Freya Müller, Marco Lee, Luvuyo Mbundu, Beatriz Miranda, Ketevan Chuntishvili, and Yannick Spanier. Stephan Zilias and Piotr Jaworski conduct.

Performance Dates: Nov. 8-28, 2024

Humperdinck’s “Hansel und Gretel” returns for the holiday season with Frank Schneiders, Monika Walerowicz, Beatriz Miranda, Ruzana Grigorian, Meredith Wohlgemuth, Ketevan Chuntishvili, and Robert Künzli. Masaru Kumakura conducts.

Performance Dates: Nov. 24-Dec. 26, 2024

Barno Ismatullaeva and Kiandra Howarth star in Puccini’s “La Boheme” with Ketevan Chuntishvili, Marco Lee, Darwin Prakash, Luvuyo Mbundu, Lluís Calvet i Pey, Markus Suihkonen, and Yannick Spanier.

Performance Dates: Dec. 13, 2024-Jan. 5, 2025

Bellini’s “I Capuleti e I Montecchi” will star Daniel Eggert, Meredith Wohlgemuth, Simone McIntosh, Marco Lee, and Markus Suihkonen. Masaru Kumakura and Carlos Vázquez conduct.

Performance Dates: Jan. 31-March 16, 2025

Pumeza Matshikiza, Andeka Gorrotxategi, and Gustavo Castillo star in Puccini’s “Tosca” with Paolo Carignani and James Hendry conducting.

Performance Dates: Feb. 23-April 12, 2025

Kiandra Howarth stars in “Mythos” featuring works by Sibelius.

Performance Dates: Feb. 28-April 3, 2025 

Ben Frost’s “Der Mordfall Halit Yozgat” will star Céline Akçağ, Luisa Mordel, Gudrun Pelker, Mathias Max Herrmann, Yannick Spanier, Luvuyo Mbundu, and Sascha Zarrabi. 

Performance Dates: March 15-April 10, 2025

Mario Rojas, Daniel Luis de Vicente, Francesca Pia Vitale, Markus Suihkonen, and Ruzana Grigorian star in Verdi’s “Rigoletto.” Masaru Kumakura conducts. 

Performance Dates: March 28-May 30, 2025

Dvořák’s “Rusalka” returns with a cast that includes Kiandra Howarth, Gerard Schneider, Shavleg Armasi, Katrin Wundsam, and Monika Walerowicz. Masaru Kumakura conducts.

Performance Dates: June 13-27, 2025

Concerts

Kiandra Howarth, Gerard Schneider, and Samuel Hasselhorn perform Britten’s Requiem with Michael Schønwandt conducting.

Performance Dates: May 25 & 26, 2025